ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Shibanids. 'Abdallah II, AH 991-1006 / AD 1583-1598. 1/12 Mohur (Gold, 11 mm, 0.90 g, 5 h), [Badakhshan]. Within a circle, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a hexadecagon, ‘ʿAbd Allāh Bahādur Khān’ (‘ʿAbd Allah Bahadur Khan’ in Arabic). Album 2994. Rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.

From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years.